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Moving to France raises hundreds of questions about bureaucracy, taxes, property, work, health, family, insurance, retirement and more. To help you find the advice you need, we have organised articles by subject – read the latest below or browse sections via the blue tabs. The Cx symbol denotes subscriber-only articles.

French and British businesses do not operate in the same way – as any Briton who has worked for a French company will tell you. It means meetings can easily turn into a minefield of misunderstandings due to cultural differences.